Poland: Nine cats test positive for H5N1 avian influenza

[Swede]

So it's jumped to mammals. That asteroid was just taking too long.

https://outbreaknewstoday.com/poland-nine-cats-test-positive-for-h5n1-avian-influenza-54556/

[WhiskeyGrinder]

1. There are already many cases of it being found in mammals in the U.S.

[yorkster]

2. Tale o' nine cats...

Not funny, I know. Can't resist wordplay..

[Hestia]

3. This is scary - H5N1 makes covid look like a walk in the park - 59% death rate for humans

and it has crossed the human-to-human barrier here in the US.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

4. Cite on the human-to-human transmission?

[EarthFirst]

5. I have not seen nor heard of any HPAI human to human transmission in North America

I would also appreciate a citation.

[EarthFirst]

6. via AVMA:

https://www.avma.org/news/usda-tracking-bird-flu-spillover-events-mammals

I work in a zoological environment; and we are tracking this closely.